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Analyze the ways in which fear and suspense are introduced and maintained during this play’s developing plot. Consider how the s

ikadub [295]

Answer:

This question refers to the work Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher.

Explanation:

This work generates a lot of suspense in the reader. We as readers want to predict what is going to happen, who will be the woman they want to kill, who are the men who are talking, etc.

There are many factors in the story that create suspense. Music and sounds are part of this. For example, when Mrs. Agnes is listening to the peak of the conversation, the call drops.

"GEORGE: Yes, a knife… it will be ok. The afterwards, I'll

remove the rings and the bracelets and the jewelry in the bureau

drawer because our client wishes it to look like a simple

robbery. Don’t worry, everything’s ok, I know…

SFX: BUZZING SOUND AS PHONE DISCONNECTS. " 

Another thing that generates great despair in us readers is the reaction of the police, or rather the non-reaction:

As Agnes recounted the horrible conversation she had just overheard, the operator only replied: "What number are you dialing?" , "What number did you call?"

The suspense builds as Agnes can't get anyone to listen to her pleas to save a poor woman who is going to be murdered.

Then she begins to receive constant calls in which no one responds and begins to lose her mind and get really very nervous, which also makes us readers nervous.

Finally, and after all her pleas to save that woman, Mrs. Stevenson was the woman they were going to kill, and George finally does.

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Order the words to make questions

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1)What time did John get up.
2)Did they like the film?
3)The plane was late.
4)What did you have to eat last night?
5)Where did she go yesterday?

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How do you think the people living in America in the 1930s viewed the American dream?

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I think they viewed the American dream as freedom, mutual respect no matter what race, and freedom to work at a job you choose.

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PLEASE HELP THIS IS DUE AT 11:59 Please help!!!!!

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Answer:

11 True

12 False

13 True

14 False

15 True

16 False

17 True

18 False

19 True

20 False

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When appraising a situation in which you are late for school, what would you consider before deciding how stressed you feel abou

slamgirl [31]

Answer:

Richard Lazarus

You probably picture most psychologists as being calm and rational individuals, right? Well, not exactly. In fact, in the 1960s, there was a heated war going on between two camps of psychology: the behaviorists and the cognitive psychologists.

Behavioral psychology approached emotions and thoughts as window dressing and maintained the belief that the major driving force within people is their responses to rewards and punishments from the world around them. For example, if you give someone a chocolate cookie every time they go running, they'll want to go running more because they will associate it with the reward of chocolate chip cookies. Never mind that they won't lose weight that way!

On the other hand, cognitive psychology focused on the importance of thoughts and emotions in the way that a person lives from day to day. For example, if someone is trying to lose weight, cognitive psychologists believe he needs to change the way he thinks about food and exercise, learning to appreciate healthy foods and learning to think positively about exercising.

In the middle of the 20th century, behaviorists ruled the field of psychology. Thoughts? Feelings? Most psychologists didn't put much stock in those!

But Richard Lazarus stood up for thoughts and feelings. He studied people's stress levels and said that events are not good or bad, but the way we think about them is positive or negative, and therefore has an impact on our stress levels. For example, say that you are late to work and the person in line in front of you at the coffee shop is taking forever to order what he wants.

The fact that the person is taking that long isn't good or bad by itself. But you believe that it's a negative experience because it's going to make you late to work, which makes you feel stressed out.

On the other hand, you could look at that situation and say to yourself, 'So what if I'm late? This is actually good because it's giving me a few extra minutes this morning to catch my breath before going into the office.' You think of it as a positive experience, and therefore you don't feel stressed out.

Lazarus's theory is called the appraisal theory of stress, or the transactional theory of stress. You can remember this because the way a person appraises the situation affects how they feel about it. According to this theory, there are two things that a person thinks when they are faced with a situation. These are called the primary appraisal and the secondary appraisal.

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